adingbatponder<p>A plot showing the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/frequency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frequency</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/spectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spectrum</span></a> usage rules in Germany around 800 MHz, relevant for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lora</span></a> use in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/reticulum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reticulum</span></a> & <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a>.<br>Data from <a href="https://data.bundesnetzagentur.de/Bundesnetzagentur/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Sachgebiete/Telekommunikation/Unternehmen_Institutionen/Frequenzen/20210114_frequenzplan.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">data.bundesnetzagentur.de/Bund</span><span class="invisible">esnetzagentur/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Sachgebiete/Telekommunikation/Unternehmen_Institutionen/Frequenzen/20210114_frequenzplan.pdf</span></a><br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/frequenzplan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frequenzplan</span></a> "Eintrag" number on the vertical axis corresponds to the "Eintrag" number listed in the link. If anyone knows the definition of "geringer Reichweite" in Eintrag 251004, please let me know. Is it permitted to create a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lora</span></a> mesh network in the 863 to 870 MHz band in DE?<br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/863to870MHz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>863to870MHz</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/869decimal525mhz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>869decimal525mhz</span></a></p>
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#meshtastic
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mau 🏳️🌈#EndFossilFuels<p>Just set up my first Meshtastic node. </p><p>I like this local radio-based SMS concept.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a></p>
Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@SnowyCA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SnowyCA</span></a></span> same. There's already a concerted effort to rewrite history & the present. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> & influencing <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> chat bots is a big part of it, too. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DeltaChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeltaChat</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meshtastic</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LoRa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LoRa</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> are possible communications methods that are harder to throttle.</p>
Astrid<p>hee <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://waag.social/@henk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>henk</span></a></span> 😄 leuk dit! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a></p>
Jan Dytrych🇨🇿🇺🇦<p>Did you know you can connect <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@meshtastic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>meshtastic</span></a></span> device to your boat? With new <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rss.dytrych.cloud/signalk.org.rss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>signalk.org.rss</span></a></span> plugin from Bergie it can be done: <a href="https://github.com/meri-imperiumi/signalk-meshtastic" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/meri-imperiumi/sign</span><span class="invisible">alk-meshtastic</span></a><br><a href="https://social.dytrych.cloud/tags/Boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boating</span></a> <a href="https://social.dytrych.cloud/tags/SignalK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignalK</span></a> <a href="https://social.dytrych.cloud/tags/Meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meshtastic</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>More <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/random" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>random</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a> thoughts: </p><p>1. Antenna and location is much more of a consideration than one might think with this technology (915Mhz, which is strong line of sight, and things like trees and walls definitely make a big difference). Next try is an outdoor, high gain antenna.</p><p>2. All weekend, except for one reply, it seemed like lots of yelling into the void or "Can you hear me now?". Attempts at conversation seem to not work great, because no ack/no guarantee of two way reception.</p><p>3. Maybe useful somehow as a one way alert broadcast system... but you'd want to set up specific channels to avoid spamming people, I would guess.</p>
Jeff Sikes<p>I've been playing around with Meshtastic. I live in a very hilly area, so it's very challenging to get any type of range. The antennas need to be very high up on a hill and powerful.</p><p>I've taken a radio with me "into town" and I immediately get many nodes. But that does me no good out in the boonies.</p><p>Also - it feels like Discord without moderation options. I can't block anyone. Icky.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meshtastic</span></a></p>
Paul Fenwick<p>For anyone wondering how this went, I now have a cozy mesh with some of my neighbours, and one of them gave me an electric spinning wheel. </p><p>I'm thinking of trying to get a <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a> node placed in our local library, because it's in-line with their mission of "connecting the community".</p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Hmm, these meshtastic people are not identifying who they are replying to, so it's totally unclear WHO they are responding to. 🤔 <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a></p>
Paul Fenwick<p>Yesterday a new node showed up on <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a> with a huge amount of signal. </p><p>After some quick introductions it turns out we live in the same street. That got me invited to a group of radio nerds, and I'm going to a build day tomorrow to expand our local mesh. </p><p>This is how normal people make friends as adults, right?</p>
kresse<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cupoftea.social/@MikeFromLFE" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MikeFromLFE</span></a></span> maybe it’s the other way around. A <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a> / <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/meshcore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meshcore</span></a> node is dirt cheap, but u have to build or check an antenna to get a good signal. </p><p>I‘m licensed since the 90s but not active for 25 years.<br>As I started tinkering with the stuff I stimulated 2 guys at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@hacknology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hacknology</span></a></span> (<a href="https://www.hacknology.de" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">hacknology.de</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ) to have a look at ham radio . </p><p>The nerd factor is quite catchy.</p>
Mike 🇬🇧 🇪🇺<p>I've spent the last hour or so looking at <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a> sites & videos (again) with my finger hovering over the buy button.</p><p>But honestly, as cool as the technology is, I really can't see a sensible use case, or an itch it's going to scratch, that isn't met by my Amateur Radio equipment.</p><p>Here in the UK the prepping arguments don't hold water, and if I'm daft enough to go climbing remote mountains I don't think it'd help me.</p><p>I will succumb eventually, but not today.</p>
Meshtastic<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meshtastic</span></a> will be at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSauce2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSauce2025</span></a> next weekend! 🎉 Flash the special event firmware at <a href="https://opensauce.meshtastic.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">opensauce.meshtastic.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. If you’re attending, visit our booth, we’d love to meet you!</p>
Zillion<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cloudisland.nz/@pjf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pjf</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://freeradical.zone/@tek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tek</span></a></span> I've been thinking about fiddling with <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a> , but the nearest node I know of is a bit over a km away, mildly uphill and with fairly densely packed one- and two-story houses between. What are my chances?</p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Okay, have identified a few positives to <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a> vs. what I have done before with <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> </p><p>1. Minimal equipment complexity vs. usual ham radio APRS/packet. There's much less stuff to implement anything on meshtastic. </p><p>2. Minimal equipment cost. Node cost at $20-50 is a lot less than APRS capable equipment and/or all the misc. radio equipment you'd normally need for APRS. (haven't tried modded Quansheng firmware for APRS, that said)</p><p>3. API/software access definitely going to be easier, API access via serial port and/or network and/or Bluetooth should make sending/receiving messages through meshtastic easier, whether ham or open bands.</p><p>4. Good at the moment, but no hoops to jump through for non-hams may make this far easier to access for the non-licensed. </p><p>(Possible) downsides:</p><p>1. Non-licensed usage; in ham bands, you have a group of folks who have agreed to obey rules and use airwaves fairly. No such agreement with public meshtastic.</p><p>2 Maybe not obvious, but this seems to be like UDP (no acknowledgement that your messages are going out to the world or who hears you). Some limit to utility under that scenario unless you build your own message acknowledgement stack.</p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Interesting <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a> reach. I wonder if people would be annoyed if my node were auto posting emergency alerts. 🤔</p>
AI6YR Ben<p>So far all the traffic I see on <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a> here locally is a repeat of the "Can you hear me now?" commercials 😂</p>
Troed Sångberg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://attractive.space/@Setok" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Setok</span></a></span> I don't think BT is suitable for this. Much too low range. I run a <a href="https://swecyb.com/tags/Meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meshtastic</span></a> node (LoRa) which has tens of kilometers of range and that network has grown quite a lot lately.</p>
Paul Fenwick<p>I really feel like <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a> would be an awesome thing to get high schools on board with, even if just informally.</p><p>If most schools had a node on a high building they'd mesh really well. Students could create their own channels, giving them a resistant, capitalism-free way of communicating as individuals and groups. Advertisers and social media bans can piss off, as students can create and manage their own networks.</p>
Arne D. S. Haldorsen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://snabelen.no/@dalstroka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dalstroka</span></a></span> Dette synes jeg faktisk virker ganske interessant, spesielt beredskapsmessig.<br>Any <a href="https://tutoteket.no/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a> or <a href="https://tutoteket.no/tags/reticulum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reticulum</span></a> people here with thoughts about this?<br><a href="https://tutoteket.no/tags/bitchat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitchat</span></a> <a href="https://tutoteket.no/tags/mesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mesh</span></a> <a href="https://tutoteket.no/tags/messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>messenger</span></a></p>
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